Saturday, 15 November, 2025
Leaked Documents Detail OpenAI's Multi-Billion-Dollar Payments to Microsoft
Leaked documents have revealed the financial details of the OpenAI and Microsoft partnership. OpenAI paid Microsoft $493.8 million in 2024 and $865.8 million in the first nine months of 2025 as part of their revenue-share agreement. Crucially, the documents also suggest OpenAI's computing costs for model inference reached approximately $8.65 billion in 2025, potentially exceeding its revenue and fueling concerns about the AI company's long-term profitability.
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